Non-Sunni Muslims in the Late Ottoman Empire: State and Missionary Perceptions of the Alawis
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION -- I NTRODUCTION -- State of research about the Alawis and other non-Sunni groups based on Ottoman sources -- Sources and research questions...
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| Language: | English |
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I. B. Tauris
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Edition: | Paperback edition |
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Nosairians
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780755616848 |
| Summary: | Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION -- I NTRODUCTION -- State of research about the Alawis and other non-Sunni groups based on Ottoman sources -- Sources and research questions -- Chapter 1 THE NUSAYRIS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE: A `HETERODOX' TRIBAL COMMUNITY AND THE STATE -- 1.1. The Nusayri-Alawis: Beliefs and history -- 1.2. The Ottoman Nusayris: Geography, Social Structure and Authority -- 1.3. The status of the Nusayris in the Ottoman political system -- Chapter 2 `APPROPRIATE OBJECTS OF CHRISTIAN BENEVOLENCE': PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES AND THE NUSAYRIS -- 2.1. Protestant American millenarian dreams in the nineteenth century -- 2.2. Mission among heterodox groups: the Alevis and Druze -- 2.3. Harvesting the souls of the Nusayris -- Chapter 3 ABDÜLHAMID II'S CIVILIZING MISSION AND THE POLICY OF ' CORRECTION OF BELIEF(S)' -- 3.1. The roots of 'correction of belief(s)' and conversion campaigns until the nineteenth century -- 3.2. Correcting the beliefs of the Bektaşis after 1826 -- 3.3. The 'fine tuning' of the state during the Tanzimat and the reign of Abdülhamid II -- 3.4. Fighting for the Nusayri soul in the Hamidian era -- Chapter 4 THE NUSAYRIS UNDER YOUNG TURK RULE (1908-1918) -- 4.1. The double-edged sword of the Young Turk Revolution -- 4.2. Protestant missionary efforts among the Nusayris -- 4.3. Muslim responses to Protestant missionary work -- 4.4. Late Ottoman official perceptions of non-Sunnis: the case of the Beirut province -- 4.5. The Nusayris in the Province of Beirut -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. |
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| ISBN: | 0755616855 |